Kirk Merrington
Kirk Merrington is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated between the towns of Bishop Auckland and Ferryhill. It is part of the Spennymoor township.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 799 residents
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Kirk Merrington, County Durham” and “Merrington”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Paul and Church of St James.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 2 miles southwest of Kirk Merrington.
Spennymoor U.D. War Memorial With Dwarf Walls, Railings And Gate Around
Memorial
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spennymoor U.D. War Memorial With Dwarf Walls, Railings And Gate Around is situated 1½ miles north of Kirk Merrington.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middlestone and North Close.
Middlestone
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Middlestone is a village and former civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is situated to the south of Spennymoor, near Kirk Merrington. In the 2001 census Middlestone had a population of 67.
North Close
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Close is a village in County Durham, England, between Spennymoor and Kirk Merrington to the south of Durham.
Leasingthorne
Hamlet
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leasingthorne is a hamlet and former pit village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the east of Bishop Auckland, near Coundon. Located in the Durham Coalfield, most of the former pit village of Leasingthorne was demolished in 1969 after the colliery closed, as Durham County Council's policy at the time preferred demolition over regeneration.
Kirk Merrington
- Category: locality
- Location: Spennymoor, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.67676° or 54° 40′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.5974° or 1° 35′ 51″ westPopulation
799Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)Open location code
9C6WMCG3+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 348155777OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2645247Wikidata ID
Q6415494
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Kirk Merrington” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kirk Merrington”
- French: “Kirk Merrington”
- Irish: “Kirk Merrington”
- Polish: “Kirk Merrington”
- Swedish: “Kirk Merrington”
- Welsh: “Kirk Merrington”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Middlestone Moor and Westerton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kirk Merrington Community Centre and St John the Evangelist, Kirk Merrington.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kirk Merrington”. Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.